BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota (AP) -- Police shut down a suburban shopping mall for several hours Saturday after screaming fans of the boy band B5 rushed the stage during a free concert.
Five people suffered minor injuries, police said.
More than 2,000 fans, mostly teenage girls, converged on Brookdale Center mall for the show, sponsored by the local Radio Disney station, KDIZ-AM. The band had only begun the second song when the chaos broke out and girls began rushing the stage.
"It just seemed like a girl frenzy," said Christopher Taykalo of Radio Disney. "A lot of young teenage girls who were trying to get close to their artists that they are huge fans of."
Seventy officers from 23 area communities responded the chaos. It took about 15 minutes for them to get the crowd under control and another 30 minutes to clear out the mall. The mall reopened later Saturday evening.
"I've never seen anything like it in my life," Jennifer Fullbright, 49, of Cottage Grove, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. She took her daughter and her daughter's friend to see the band.
B5 is a group of five brothers from Atlanta -- Dustin, Patrick, Kelly, Bryan and Carnell Breeding -- ages 10 to 17.
It's stupid. But it's funny.
Seventy officers from 23 area communities responded to a 'girl frenzy' of almost 2000 people, mostly teenage girls?
Is there no challenge the boys in blue will not take on in service of the community?
Posted by: anan | November 13, 2005 at 07:28 AM
I always said you have to watch out for those breeding boys at the mall on a Saturday afternoon!
Posted by: Ellen | November 14, 2005 at 04:09 PM
Frankly, I was jealous when I read that.
The last time I was in the middle of a girl frenzy, it was just one girl. But what she lacked in numbers, she made up for with her frenzying.
The cops had to sort that one out, too.
Posted by: ricky | November 14, 2005 at 06:04 PM
ilaughed so hard i cried wen i heard dat. now dont get me wrong I LUV B5 WIT ALL MA HEART!!!! but dese groupies need ta chill out. im tellin u dese r sum dik craved people.
Posted by: who knows??????? | November 24, 2005 at 03:55 PM
wow. i was just at a b5 mall concert today and it was great!! but nobody did anything like that. wow im a big fan, (i like bryan the most) but i mean god i didnt attack them or anything. i did get some nice pictures and i even got one with their mom, she gave me a hug!! thats the closest ill probably EVER get to hugging them so it was soo cool.
Posted by: kelli | November 27, 2005 at 06:08 PM
Crazy azz Bi**hes
Posted by: who knows??? | November 30, 2005 at 06:33 PM
Crazy azz Bi**hes
Posted by: Jamisha | November 30, 2005 at 06:34 PM
I LOVE B5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE BRYAN JESSE BREEDIN!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Noemi | December 03, 2005 at 01:47 PM
D-A-M-N! I am sOoOoOoOoOo in luv wit B5 but these crzy azz chikz need 2 chill out! Thoz r mi men out thurr... so back off Bi**hz! 4 REALZ! I luv u Patrick!
Posted by: Ashleigh | January 09, 2006 at 06:39 PM
OMG, Bi**hz!
Ricky is so much hipper than thoz B5 boyz! You should like totally read Bottle of Blog, like every day!!!!
I LOVE BOB!!!!!!
I LOVE RICKY 4-EVER!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: cookie | January 10, 2006 at 12:23 PM
I am sOoOoOoOoOo in luv wit Riky so back off u crzy azz bi**h. Riky dont want no gurl frenzy at BOB. 4 realz!
Posted by: Ellen | January 10, 2006 at 07:11 PM
Ellen, are you nuts???
I live for a good girl frenzy!
Frenzy on, bitches!
Posted by: ricky | January 10, 2006 at 11:01 PM
When you have a harem, Ricky, you know you just snap your fingers for a good girl frenzy.
Jus' keep on snappin'.
Posted by: Ellen | January 12, 2006 at 12:43 PM
Harem??? What's this harem thing?
I thought I was your best fan ever???
I'm crushed. crushed!
Posted by: cookie | January 12, 2006 at 10:34 PM
You think you're crushed now, wait until Bush gets his hands on your testicles...
Posted by: ricky | January 12, 2006 at 10:45 PM
Cookie has testicles?
Posted by: Ellen | January 13, 2006 at 05:50 PM
Two pair.
One for going balls to the wall. The other just for walking. Like she's got a pair.
Though, I recommend she gets a third pair. A little black pair. You know, for cocktail parties and such.
Every girl needs a good LBP.
Posted by: ricky | January 13, 2006 at 06:10 PM
He's right, I have two pair, and have been searching on ebay for a third to use at cocktail parties when I tell dirty jokes and belch a lot.
They are detachable of course. I generally only use them in dire circumstances like during job interviews, performance reviews and ordering beers at the bar. They really come in handy sometimes.
Posted by: cookie | January 14, 2006 at 02:05 PM
I am sooooooooooo in love With B5 But I Love Carnell and Dustin the Most.
Posted by: Quinetta | January 20, 2006 at 04:07 PM
What about Ricky!!???? He's the cutest by far, especially when he dons that sexy, hot and steamy ornamental headgear.
I soooooooooooo want to have his babies.
OMG, did I say that out loud?
Posted by: cookie | January 21, 2006 at 09:32 AM
Pfffffffft!!!!! (As coffee cmes out of my nose.)
Well, Ricky, there's an open invite to Florida if I've ever heard one!!!
Posted by: Ellen | January 22, 2006 at 10:38 AM
I go away for a couple of days, and suddenly I've got a girl frenzy in my comments!
Posted by: ricky | January 24, 2006 at 02:29 AM
Did you have fun? Where did you go? Was there a girl frenzy there? C'mom, I won't tell Cookie!
Posted by: Ellen | January 24, 2006 at 09:40 AM
Where did I go? I took my inner child to my inner zoo.
We had cotton candy and saw a hippopotomus.
It was fun.
Alas, the girls frenzied not...
Posted by: ricky | January 24, 2006 at 06:29 PM
OMG Ricky, you are so going to the wrong zoo or eating the wrong cotton candy or something.
You are the most far-out, groovy guy ever! I put your picture on my wall and I kiss it every night!!!! I love, love, love your blog!!!!!!
Posted by: cookie | January 25, 2006 at 10:15 AM